Academic Scientific JournalsStrategies in the translation of the narrative in "Pillars of Eternity"
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https://doi.org/10.26881/bp.2020.2.06Keywords:
game localization, game translation, RPG, the narrative, creative translation, covert translation, translation strategiesAbstract
The present article is devoted to the translation of the narrative in the RPG game entitled Pillars of Eternity. The narrative of the game comprises texts such as the main story, dialogs, journals, books, poems and item lore. Since these texts are essentially literary in nature, they require a creative and covert approach to translation supplemented by local semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic strategies. The article examines the texts shaping the narrative and the strategies which conspire to achieve the ultimate goal of the narrative: player immersion in the game world.
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